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Jirachi @ Lum Berry
Serene Grace
252 Atk | 176 Spd | 80 HP
Jolly [+Spd, -Sp.Atk]
U-Turn | Thunder Wave | Iron Head | Stealth Rock

Lead Jirachi can safely set up stealth rock against most other leads this meta game and is mainly used as an annoyer and taking advantage of its flinch rate with serene grace and iron head. with t-wave paralyzing them then going for a flinch gets them pretty well stuck and gives me an upper hand.

Weak to: Fire 2x, Ground 2x
Resistant to: Normal, Flying, Rock, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon
Immune to: Poison 0x

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Salamance @ Leftovers
Intimidate
252 HP | 180 Def | 76 Spd
Jolly [+Spd, -Sp.Atk]
Roost | Earthquake | Dragon Claw | Dragon Dance

With Salamence's overlooked DEF I can say that he has an easy time setting up Dragon Dance on opponents such as Lucario and can heal off any damage with Roost keeping him alive that much longer, earthquake being great coverage and dragon claw for STAB, this set really helps this team IMO.

Weak to: Ice 4x, Dragon 2x, Rock 2x
Resistant to: Fighting, Bug, Fire, Water, Grass
Immune to: Ground 0x

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Starmie @ Life Orb
Natural Cure
252 Sp.Atk | 252 Spd | 4 HP
Timid [+Spd, -Atk]
Rapid Spin | Thunderbolt | Ice Beam | Hydro Pump

My rapin spinner to stop stealth rock set ups against my team, also has great coverage between hydro pump, thunderbolt, and ice beam. it stops some threats such as scizor from switching in and walling my latias and also takes care of salamence with ice beam.

Weak to: Bug 2x, Ghost 2x, Grass 2x, Electric 2x, Dark 2x
Resistant to: Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water, Psychic, Ice
Immune to:

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Gyarados @ Leftovers
Intimidate
252 Atk | 252 Spd | 4 Def
Jolly [+Spd, -Sp.Atk]
Waterfall | Dragon Dance | Taunt | Earthquake

One of my late game sweepers, can safely set up Dragon Dance a lot of the time, waterfall for STAB and great type coverage paired with Earthquake, it being great coverage as well, while being able to Taunt my opponent is also a plus as well.

Weak to: Rock 2x, Electric 4x
Resistant to: Fighting, Bug, Steel, Fire, Water
Immune to: Ground 0x

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Lucario @ Life Orb
Inner Focus
252 Atk | 252 Spd | 4 HP
Adamant [+Atk, -Sp.Atk]
Swords Dance | Extremespeed | Close Combat | Stone Edge

Lucario helps cover some of my weakness such as dark / ghost to bring in latias more safely and prevent it from getting walled by scizor/pursuitlax. lucario also gives me an answer to gyarados with stone edge.

Weak to: Fighting 2x, Ground 2x, Fire 2x
Resistant to: Normal, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Steel, Grass, Ice, Dragon, Dark
Immune to: Poison 0x

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Latias @ Choice Scarf
Levitate
252 Sp.Atk | 252 Spd | 4 HP
Timid [+Spd, -Atk]
Trick | Thunderbolt | Surf | Dragon Pulse

Having a tricker on the team is important IMO, it allows my pokemon who setup to do this much easier, while thunderbolt and Dragon pulse have great pairing and can rid of some threats for this team. I really enjoy this pokemon here on this team, i've only considered changing choice scarf to choice specs though, not sure on this yet though.

Weak to: Bug 2x, Ghost 2x, Ice 2x, Dragon 2x, Dark 2x
Resistant to: Fighting, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic
Immune to: Ground 0x
 
I havn't got enough time for a full rate, but this looks like an Offense team to me with a random Blissey thrown in. Maybe you could try a SpDef Lax in that spot or something so that way you don't lose momentum.
 
I think Outrage is a waste on Bulky salamence. The idea, presumably, is to stay alive for longer, or set up 2DDs, and this would simply trap you and allow you to be easily revenge killed. Therefore I would recommend Dragon Claw over Outrage. (actually as suggested below it works quite well with lum berry) However, you need to make sure that if you use such a Bulky Salamence, you remove the steel types that resist your attacking combination - i.e Skarmory and Bronzong.

As suggested above, Blissey is not ideal on this team. An obvious pokemon to remove Skarmory and Bronzong would be Magnezone, with a steel killer set. Another option is to use a lure such as Expert Belt Jirachi or Latias. Similarly, I think your team would benefit from a pursuit user, to remove scarf Latias and Gengar. Snorlax as suggested above can use pursuit effectively, as can Scizor.

I think you want Surf over Dragon Pulse on latias. Water + Dragon is resisted only by Empoleon in OU, and he is hit by thunderbolt. It hits common steel type swtch ins hard as well as Ttar (though not hard enough.) If you want Dragon Pulse, I suggest you use it over Tbolt. You also probably want a timid nature, as you really do not want to be outsped and OHKOd by Naive DD mence.

Good luck with the team.
 
Hello there!

The first thing that I notice about your team is the fact that it lacks a resistance to Dark-type moves. This is a problem as it will make switching in on Tyranitar and Dark-type moves in general difficult. I think that in order to fix this weakness, you should replace Rotom-H with a Swords Dance Lucario. Lucario possess a fantastic resistance to Dark-type moves, which benefits this team in two ways; it helps you switch in on Dark-type moves in general, but it also helps you handle Pursuit users. Choice Scarf Latias is the easiest Pursuit bait in the OU tier (sad but true), and Rotom-H has trouble with Pursuit users as well. Lucario can take advantage of your Pursuited Pokemon as most Pursuit users are Choice-item Pokemon. Use this set:

Lucario @ Life Orb | Inner Focus
Adamant | 4 HP | 252 Atk | 252 Spe
Swords Dance | Close Combat | Extremespeed | Stone Edge

Pretty standard Swords Dance Lucario here. Lucario can easily set up on Pursuit users as while they switch out, he uses Swords Dance. From there on out just sweep the opposing team with your three attacks. Stone Edge is used as it allows Lucario to outspeed and OHKO Gyarados and defensive Zapdos after Stealth Rock damage, two Pokemon who could otherwise threaten to end Lucario's sweep.

I would also consider switching Blissey to a Rapid Spin Life Orb Starmie. Blissey doesn't really fit in on this team due to her extremely defensive nature, and she doesn't really help with any threats that your team otherwise couldnt handle. Rapid Spin support would be invaluable on this team, as two of your key members (Salamence and Gyarados) are weak to the ever-present Stealth Rock. Use this set:

Starmie @ Life Orb | Natural Cure
Timid | 4 HP | 252 SpA | 252 Spe
Hydro Pump | Rapid Spin | Thunderbolt | Ice Beam

Starmie is a great Pokemon on your team as it is a magnificent partner for both Gyarados and Salamence; not only can it use Rapid Spin to clear the field of Stealth Rock (and other hazards), but it can wear down the opponent's physical walls such as Swampert and Bronzong with its powerful Special Attacks, making it much more easy overall for Salamence and Gyarados to pull of a lategame sweep. The only problem with Starmie is its Dark-type weakness. If you chose to add Lucario, however, then this problem would be fixed pretty easily.

As far as small changes go, try using a Jolly nature on Gyarados and a Timid nature on Latias. These Pokemon will generally need to maximize their speed stats in order to be most effective, and this is especially true in Latias's case, as with a Choice Scarf and a Timid nature she can outspeed Gyarados even after two Dragon Dances and then OHKO with Thunderbolt. Also, I'm lovin' the use of FatMence on your team, but I think you should try Lum Berry as the item, as it can block status and cure Salamence of its confusion from Outrage, just granting Salamence some more survivability and helping it out of some sticky situations.

Hope I helped, and good luck with your team Statistic! ;)
 
I'm loving the suggestions guys, and Lucario would be great on this team with all the coverage I have to keep him alive between each pokemons resistances. BUT with Starmie I'm not sure how it'd work out here, between CB Scizor, Snorlax, and others who can stop it in its tracks with Pursuit. >.<
 
Not gonna do a lot for the rate now, maybe add more later, but I just would like to comment on Jirachi Lead. I personally love Jirachi lead; one of my teams uses him to great effect. However, I would suggest changing him just a little bit, to annoy teams even further: rather than running Skarf and Trick, try Lum Berry and TWave. Bar Swampert and Hippowdon, every lead in the game hates this.

Jirachi @ Lum Berry
Jolly
80 HP / 252 Att / 176 Speed
-Iron Head
-Thunder Wave
-U-Turn
-Stealth Rock

With this set, most every lead besides Swampert and Hippowdon is in trouble. Against Azelf, simply U-Turn to break the Skarf (and most likely bring it to 1 HP), and everything else just T-Wave. The beauty of this set is that Spore Leads like Roserade and Smeargle are Paralyzed and then FlinchHaxed to oblivion.

Try out the set, see how it works, and good luck!
 
Statistic said:
I'm loving the suggestions guys, and Lucario would be great on this team with all the coverage I have to keep him alive between each pokemons resistances. BUT with Starmie I'm not sure how it'd work out here, between CB Scizor, Snorlax, and others who can stop it in its tracks with Pursuit. >.<
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While Pursuit Snorlax does trap Starmie, PursuitLax is really really uncommon. And actually, Pursuit Scizor does not trap Starmie at all, as a Life Orb boosted Hydro Pump deals 74.3% to 87.8% damage to standard 248 HP | 0 SpD Choice Band Scizor. This means that Scizor cannot switch in AT ALL, and will be OHKOed after two rounds of residual damage from Steath Rock. Also, if you decide to use Lucario, then remember to edit that into your OP so that other raters dont consider to suggest the same things ;)
 
Slyguy46 said:
Not gonna do a lot for the rate now, maybe add more later, but I just would like to comment on Jirachi Lead. I personally love Jirachi lead; one of my teams uses him to great effect. However, I would suggest changing him just a little bit, to annoy teams even further: rather than running Skarf and Trick, try Lum Berry and TWave. Bar Swampert and Hippowdon, every lead in the game hates this.

Jirachi @ Lum Berry
Jolly
80 HP / 252 Att / 176 Speed
-Iron Head
-Thunder Wave
-U-Turn
-Stealth Rock

With this set, most every lead besides Swampert and Hippowdon is in trouble. Against Azelf, simply U-Turn to break the Skarf (and most likely bring it to 1 HP), and everything else just T-Wave. The beauty of this set is that Spore Leads like Roserade and Smeargly are Paralyzed and then FlinchHaxed to oblivion.

Try out the set, see how it works, and good luck!
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I'll deff. test this out! Thanks! Seems good to me, only problem is, what to do against swampert/hippowdon leads? Considering most leads are swampert. -.-;
 
Blissey seems kinda useless imo, as it has no real physical wall, bar maybe gyarados to help it out. Why not swap it out for a WishJolt or a standard wish Vaporeon? I would suggeset wish Jolteon as you can absorb electrical attacks that would be aimed at Gyarados. And provide wish support/toxic spread.
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Statistic said:
I'll deff. test this out! Thanks! Seems good to me, only problem is, what to do against swampert/hippowdon leads? Considering most leads are swampert. -.-;
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Yeah, my most common problem was being unable to get at those Swampert/Hippowdon leads without completely overhalling my team, but the simplest way is let Gyara take care of the Hippo. As for Swampert ... maybe run Rotom-C over Rotom-H, or replace Blissey with Celebi?
 
Snorlaxe said:
While Pursuit Snorlax does trap Starmie, PursuitLax is really really uncommon. And actually, Pursuit Scizor does not trap Starmie at all, as a Life Orb boosted Hydro Pump deals 74.3% to 87.8% damage to standard 248 HP | 0 SpD Choice Band Scizor. This means that Scizor cannot switch in AT ALL, and will be OHKOed after two rounds of residual damage from Steath Rock. Also, if you decide to use Lucario, then remember to edit that into your OP so that other raters dont consider to suggest the same things ;)
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Yeah I just updated the first post now, thanks. :]
 
Ok, noticed that you just switched Blissey for Starmie, and that actually provides the perfect counter for Swampert: nothing on your team is especially threatened by stealth rock (25% to Gyara and Salamence isn't too bad if you get in the boost and treat one as a late game sweeper). I've run a set with Starmie that takes full advantage of its moveset, by using TBolt, IceBeam, Surf/HydroPump, and Psychic/GrassKnot. So, try replacing Rapid Spin with Grass Knot, and maybe consider Expert Belt over Life Orb.
 
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